Happy Balumtine'th Day!!

It's Lovey Day!!! One of my favorites...especially because of this guy...




Also, I throughly enjoy surprising Husby with his Clue Hunt...even if he didn't really like this years. :)

He had to answer questions like "What song did I dedicate to you on the radio?" and "What is my favorite movie of all time." He also had to make me a Valentine's Day craft...how cute is this? (sorry crappy cell phone picture!)

Overall he earned 45 out of a possible 60 points!!!! *cheering, clapping! His points determined his Valentine's Day goodies...

0-10 Points = A Card
11-20 Points = A new Book
21-30 = Two "Dirty Dishes" free weeks
31-40 = A week of his favorite dinners
41-50 = A Massage
51-60 = $50 towards new Clothes

He did pretty well, and only missed receiving his last present! I think he still made off pretty good though! :)

OH!!! He did great for me too...well...I took the day off and we spent it together. I got lunch at one of my favorites...Fuddruckers. (Oh yeah, I am that simple.) Then we hung out and did some other stuff then headed home. I was promised a homemade dinner of my choosing. I chose Homemade Pizza, but then we had pizza the night before, so that changed things. About two months ago I came across a yummy recipe from Martha Stewart Living for Homemade Chicken Pot Pies...BINGO. So he had his meal,  his shopping list and got to work!! Here are some pictures from the evening...

One of my favorites from the evening... watching Husby cut up raw chicken. His face is priceless. He has the same face when washing dirty dishes! ha!

Here's  Husby creating the oh-so-yummy sauce.

Wahhhh-laaa...all prepared and ready to pop into the oven...

And look at that deliciousness!!!! It was so yummy. Husby did an amazing job!

Thanks babe for another great Valentine's Day...I couldn't ask for a better Valentine! :)

Dinner for Four and Half

Cory Writing......



Recipe ..... Ingredients

Meatballs before.............Meatballs during......

Meatballs After.

I have started a new goal where I make dinner on one of my days off. This was the third consecutive week that I have accomplished my new goal. The first week I made stuffed green peppers and the second week I did chicken stuffed shells. This week my wife suggested stuffed chicken breasts, I immediately turned her down because it was boring and didn't fit my rules of cooking (that I forgot to inform her the rules before she picked out the recipe). So I arrived home an pulled out the cook book and found the above recipe. Which is meatball subs. (I added curly fries as the side because we needed one).

I invited our good friends Jason, Brittany, and Tessie (but she didn't eat) to be my guinea pigs. They all said it was good and I enjoyed it also. So Dinner for Four and a half was a success.

Our version of the Chicken Stuffed Shells

April writing...

So our pictures (and the meal) isn't as pretty as the recipe picture...but it was REALLY yummy. And the JUMBO Shells that we found, weren't as JUMBO as needed...but we got Manicotti shells too....so we made those work. Enjoy our pictures!!

Our chicken cooking... Our stuffing...

Cory delicately layering our dish... The Un-JUMBO shells...

Cory stuffing the shells... And more layering...

Our dinner cooking... The yummy finish...

A few more views... Up close yumminess...

We loved it!

...a NEW leaf...

April writing...

My dear Husby has turned over a new leaf...he has been finding recipes and fixing them at home. He seems to really enjoy doing it, and I love hanging out in the kitchen with him and helping out!!! Wanna see what we are having tonight??

Oh yummm YESS! Chicken Stuffed Shells. This is a Cory found recipe. So after work we will venture through the cabinets to see what we need then head to store for the rest!! I am excited. This should be really yummy. Here's the recipe for any of you who may want to try it out...We will post our own pictures from our dinner!!

Ingredients:

1 box jumbo uncooked pasta shells

6 garlic cloves (minced)

2 chicken breasts (cooked and shredded)

1 (30 oz) container ricotta cheese

1/3 cup Italian breadcrumbs

1 ½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon pepper

1 ½ teaspoons dried parsley

6 basil leaves (torn)

1/3 cup half and half

28 oz pasta sauce

¼ cup parmesan cheese

1 cup mozzarella cheese

Cooking Instructions:

Step 1: Pre-heat the oven to 375 degrees. Cook pasta shells according to package directions. Rinse with cold water, separate and set aside.

Step 2: Combine garlic, chicken, ricotta cheese, bread crumbs, half and half, salt, pepper, parsley, and basil and parmesan cheese in a food processor. Process until combined. If you don’t have a food processor, mix well with a spoon.

Step 3: Pour half of the pasta sauce into the bottom of a large baking dish. Stuff shells 1 by 1 with the chicken/cheese mixture and place in rows into the baking dish on top of the sauce. Top the shells with shredded mozzarella and pour the over half of the sauce over the top of shells. Bake in the oven at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.(Makes 4 servings)

ENJOY!